last day to order at only $12.99

stretch your creative side...

its really a nice feeling to be able to freely create without worrying about rules, viewers' opinions or worse, your inner critic's remarks.

the best remedy for it is to close your eyes and just create.  if not that then, take whatever items are on your art table right now and collage them into to something that is either meaningful to you personally or pleasing to your eye only.

finally, i like to paint with instruments that are too large for the job; .i.e. extra large paintbrushes.  this way there is no way i can get overly detailed.  try it sometime.

my other favorite way to create freely is to draw with my left hand.  i like getting surprises instead of controlling everything.  

also i hum "born free" as i work.

i am  back in business with my DVDs (i was sold out) "rosie in the garden" still has a special price of $12.99 until wednesday.

DVD "rosie in the garden"

here is the black and white that we paint in the DVD "rosie in the garden".  with the purchase of a DVD you also get this image (on paper) written instruction, materials list and a full color copy of the very one i did for this video.

SPECIAL DEAL UNTIL JUNE 1:  this DVD is $12.99 (instead of $35.00) until june 1 (when we leave for 3 weeks in italy).

the reason i have placed this DVD on sale is because i am celebrating my daughter's awesome WIN at CIFs (california interscholastic federation) in swim - she took first in 100 yard breast stroke and 6th in 200 free.  also, just last night she was awarded MVP for her high school's girls swim team.   

she was phenomenal and formitable to watch.  she did the 100 yard breast in 1:05.72!!!  there was smoke coming off the water.  she looked like a bullet.  she is now only .04 away from consideration for the All American Swim team.  i'm not worried she will make that.  she is determined.  plus she has another year  of high school yet.

the profits from these sales will go to her for fun in italy this summer or whatever she wants.  she has worked very hard and desires it.

so the Bebi s are in full on celebration mode which means it will continue all summer long. :)

to purchase the DVD for this special price,  look up at the top sidebar on my blog here.  it's called "rosie in the garden" swim champ  DVD.  rosie will thank you.

VICTORY CELEBRATION!!! -

in honor of my young 16 year old daughter's giant victory today at the california interscholastic federation (CIF) i am placing the "how-to" DVD painting "rosie in the garden" (age, 6)  for $12.99 instead of $35.00 from now until we leave for italy june 2, 2011.

look up to the very top of my sidebar for a paypal button that's identified by "swim champ" for this special deal.

in case you know swimming ----she swam 100 yd. breaststroke in 1:05.74.  she smoked 2nd place by 2 seconds.  we are so, so proud.   she's only .04 off "all american" consideration (national team) time.  we are in for a fun ride now.  AND she has a full year of high school left.  proud, proud, proud.

anyway, enjoy the DVD.  its' a simple, easy to follow "how to" paintover style painting technique as seen in the book "Art At The Speed of Life" (amazon)by Pam Carriker.

meanwhile, can you tell i'm a happy mama?

in case of rapture.....

please remember me as this.

another one! wow!

not a cover but my art and article are inside  "the art quilting studio" - never know what the mail will bring.

thanks to miss hot amanda crabtree, senior managing editor.

i love the scrapbook i made this from.......oh so many memories.

i didn't even know my art made the cover 'til today!

when i received my advanced issue in the mail.  very very nice surprise.  thank you somerset studio gallery - again.
and thank you jennifer jackson - assistant senior managing editor.

CIF finals this saturday, 9 a.m.

high school swim championships.  for those who are fans of our rosie and want to watch her, here's the address:

at 

del norte high school

16601 Nighthawk Lane,

San Diego, CA 92127 

PHONE: 858 487-0877 

starts at 9 a.m. - she swims the first 2 events and the last 2.

it costs $10 to get in.

rosie is expected to place in the breast stroke event.

journal pages....

i created this page with first a layer of gesso, then washes of blue and green acrylics, added my daughter in a pretty dress, then stamped using gesso on a dish scrubber!  made this piece look enchanting - all that's left to do is to write my heart out with a white gel marker.

bragging mom alert!

                                                                                                                    
 rosie

  rosie and coach lynell wylie

rosie

league champ in breaststroke

my rosie just won first in swimming100 breaststroke at her high school's league championship.  she also broke the schools record.  i am so proud of her i had to write about her in my blog and on fb.

next weekend are swim conferences (championship for div. 1 and  div. 2) - then that's all for high school swimming this year.

she got 3rd in 200 free today too.

it was awesome.

new dvd promotion

rosie in the garden.....

reverse auction for Japan.....is now LIVE

my children who made me a mom

to my daughters brooke and rosie  and my son.......

dexter.   

 thank you!

here's to you momma.

dear momma:  thank you for everything.  how's heaven?  can you write me sometime? - i miss you.  love, Lit'l Lise

artfest student's work!

check it out  - about 30 photos!

thursday night

my favorite night of the week:  the office . then, parks and recreation.  then, 30 rock - who could ask for more?  love tv shows on thursday night - too bad i have to go to bed cause i can't keep my peepers open.

workshop news

saturday, may 28, the ramona art guild @ ramona library, 10-3.  join us!  learn to paint big.

my newest dvd

toyboat boy workshop

i just finished creating a new DVD on three techniques at once - faux paste paper (background sheet) scrapbook paper re-do (middle strip of paper) and paintover (the image).  i explain why i do what i do what materials i use, easy fleshtones, and how to make the three techniques work together.  these techniques are all inexpensive to create and low tech.

the dvd is 45 minutes.  $35